Table 2.
Patient characteristics and age in categories (%)
| Countries | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Belgium (N = 1368) |
Denmark (N = 974) |
Germany (N = 1076) |
Netherlands (N = 2048) |
Norway (N = 3000) |
Slovenia° (N = 2637) |
Spain (N = 1402) |
Switzerland* (N = 649) |
|
| Gender (male; %) | 44.3 | 48.3 | 33.7 | 47.5 | 46.7 | 46.9 | 43.3 | 36.5 |
| Age (mean; year) | 36.2 | 34.1 | 42.5 | 35.2 | 35.4 | 51.2* | n.a. | 58.9 |
| Age in categories (years) | ||||||||
| 0-4 | 15.0 | 19.6 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 5-11 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| 12-17 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| 18-24 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 12.3 | 5.1 |
| 25-34 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 21.5 | 13.5 |
| 35-44 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 17.1 | 14.2 |
| 45-54 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 10.3 |
| 55-64 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 13.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 |
| 65-74 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 10.0 |
| 75 and more | 12.4 | 11.2 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 36.1 |
* Missings: Switzerland: gender 40.1% and age 8.8% (data collection error); °Slovenia: age missing for two 2 settings (74.1%); Spain no information on age.